Observer Everyman

Across

1. Organisations in dispute still around (3-3) 4. Secret ring in compound in command (8) 9. Maiden in story, delicate in glare of publicity (9) 11. Run across wanderer (5) 12. Pursue fanciful goals, having hour in event with artist with fashionable inclinations (5,8) 14. Obsession with affair (5) 16. Successor I hire, not bothered by resistance (9) 17. Inspector’s complaint about core of policy causing incredulity (9) 19. Speaker’s quiet part (5) 21. Vessel for cargo designed to enrich Spain (9,4)

24. Substitute for unknown quantities (5) 25. Nordic person, one with family around east, turning communist (9) 26. Loud and clear, after end of appointment, getting told to go outside (8) 27. Reveal demon with skill (6)

Down

1. Concern about one in lonely state (10) 2. Drums upset sleep? Endlessly nervous about that (7) 3. Seeds to beat (5) 5. Be indecisive after admitting one theft in error (3,2,3,5) 6. Engine in lead, up around poor ground, following northward track (9)

7. Vicar is, on appeal, to consider again (7) 8. Rude scoundrel on time (4) 10. Good informer, one with answer in story giving pleasure (13) 13. Nonconformist ready to accept split with prophet coming up (4,6) 15. Jealous desire to possess new watch (5-4) 18. Assistance copper raised during search (7) 20. Animal identified by expedition’s leader on day in country (7) 22. River and wood covering area in kingdom (5) 23. Love quiet American composition (4)